Chapter 396
WAO Chapter 396: The first step
Translated by: La0o9
Proofreader: Arya
In front of the weapons, Gu Qing Shan openly swore the oath .
“I swear on my life to save the world of Huang Quan, otherwise I will die and my soul will be taken deep into hell”
An invisible wind fluttered around Gu Qing Shan’s body, not going away even after a while .
So swear upon the heaven and earth, it has been done .
Seeing that, Shannu’s expression was a bit complicated .
“For what reason did you come here? For Huang Quan? For the human realm?”
“Or perhaps this is a moment of passion, where you believe that you are the messiah chosen by the gods above, so you were willing to swear on your life?”
She couldn’t understand .
“It’s because I’ve already swore on that” Gu Qing Shan answered .
Shannu froze .
Gu Qing Shan continued: “From the very first moments that I came to Huang Quan, I’ve already bet my life on this, to change everything that has happened”
He looked down at the vast river below .
The river was still silently flowing without a care .
The ancient Demon Lord that he killed has already drifted to places unknown .
“Don’t worry, I will win” he muttered .
The weapons were a bit confused, not knowing who he was talking to .
Shannu thought for a bit, then spoke: “Very well, since you’ve swore on it, I will do everything to cooperate with you”
Her body turned into white smoke and went into the Six Paths Great Mountain Sword .
The sword’s tip turned by itself, tilting downwards as it hovered in front of Gu Qing Shan .
Gu Qing Shan grabbed the sword .
Lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI .
[You’ve received temporary use of the Six Paths Great Mountain Sword]
[The Six Paths Great Mountain Sword, World’s ceremonial sword, Divine Armament of Huang Quan Path]
[This sword’s attributes are unknown]
Seemingly knowing what Gu Qing Shan wanted to ask, more glowing text scrolled through the UI .
[The sword had not recognized you as her master, so you are unable to know all the attributes of this sword]
[According to intelligence known, this sword has at least one Thaumaturgy: Invincible]
[Invincible: All powers and abilities of all the worlds cannot possibly destroy this sword]
Gu Qing Shan noticed something, so he couldn’t help but ask with his inner sight: “What do you mean invincible? She was clearly heavily wounded just before”
[They were the weapon spirit’s wounds, the sword itself was never damaged]
[When the spirit is wounded, the sword will be unable to act by itself, but it can still be used by others]
[Even if the sword’s spirit is killed, the base of the sword would still exist, only its Thaumaturgies will be gone]
The System answered .
“Understood, so that’s what invincible means” Gu Qing Shan muttered .
He waved the sword around while silently talking to himself: “It’s fine not knowing the other attributes, I only need the [Invincible] attribute to stop the 7-colored spear for me…”
It was now that the Forgetting River Soul Separating spoke up: “Now that you’ve decided to cooperate, what should we do?”
Gu Qing Shan spoke: “We need to go to the entrance to hell --------I recall you said that hell is hidden under the Grand Tie Wei Mountain, at the bottom of the Forgetting River right?”
“Indeed” the Forgetting River Soul Separating answered .
“Let’s go”
A long journey flying along the bottom of the Forgetting River .
When he got close to where the foot of the Grand Tie Wei Mountain was, Gu Qing Shan noticed a cave hidden below the water .
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Having been submerged underwater for so many years, he has to go deep inside to find the pathway to hell .
Bringing the weapons with him, Gu Qing Shan passed through several dozen miles of underwater tunnel before he arrived at the center of the Grand Tie Wei Mountain .
The center of the mountain was dry and empty .
A dark tunnel about 100 meters tall was in front of Gu Qing Shan .
This was the entrance to hell .
Gu Qing Shan evaluated the tunnel for a bit .
A black-colored light wrapped the outside of the entrance to the tunnel .
When he tried getting close, a force rejected his presence and pushed him back .
“Only the dead may enter here, you might be in soul form right now, but you can’t enter hell” Forgetting River Soul Separating told him .
Gu Qing Shan nodded and asked: “That’s why the demons couldn’t do anything to hell, right?”
“Right”
At this time, the blue-dress girl’s voice came from the sword: “What are you planning to do?”
“The first step is to eliminate the demons” Gu Qing Shan answered .
The Grand Tie Wei Mountain .
On top of the mountain .
While being sealed by the gold talisman, the 7-colored spear still managed to fire off a brilliantly blinding phantom spear .
This phantom spear shot up towards the sky .
In the sky, all 36 Huang Quan weapons were releasing a shining light .
The lights connected to one another, forming the Great Sealing Formation that received the phantom spear .
The formation and the spear met .
Light and dark flickered without end .
The 36 weapons were also crying out without end .
They couldn’t stop it anymore .
The stalemate was about to be over .
The weapons are about to be destroyed by the 7-colored light .
All of a sudden, an increasingly bright faint light came out from the Forgetting River .
The light quickly ascended, finally arrive in the middle of the 36 Huang Quan weapons .
A khopesh appeared .
“Back down, all of you” the Forgetting River Soul Separating ordered .
“If we do, no one else can hold it off” a weapon refused .
“Back down, what you need to do now is to preserve your life, there will be others to deal with the spear!” the Forgetting River Soul Separating shouted .
As one of the three Divine Armaments of Huang Quan, its words are trusted by the weapons .
The 36 Huang Quan weapons retreated .
While retreating, they still maintained the Great Formation .
--------it’s because they don’t dare to cancel it out entirely right away .
If they did, the 7-colored spear might instantly kill them .
After the weapons retreated .
The 7-colored spear returned to silence .
On another part of the mountain, the countless demons and Demon Lords watching this once again broke out into frenzied laughter .
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They were laughing, howling, throwing their bodies in the air to signify another victory .
Aside from where the 7-colored spear rests, everywhere else have already been taken over by the demons .
Not counting hell itself, this world is already theirs .
At this point, a figure came out from the Forgetting River .
Gu Qing Shan .
Holding the Six Paths Great Mountain sword in hand, he headed for the top of the mountain .
He was moving towards the 7-colored spear as fast as he could .
On the other side, the demons once again got rowdy .
They were staring at this, waiting to see the scene of the 7-colored spear once again taking a life away .
Gu Qing Shan headed up the barren mountain cliff .
The 7-colored spear seems to ignore this as it didn’t react at all .
Only when Gu Qing Shan was half-way there --------
A phantom spear shot out from the 7-colored spear, aimed at Gu Qing Shan .
This spear’s length was over a few hundred meters long, instantly making it to where Gu Qing Shan was in the blink of an eye .
Death approaches .
In the very next second, Gu Qing Shan will be killed by the phantom spear .
But Gu Qing Shan’s expression didn’t change one bit, only slightly shifting his body before disappearing in front of the phantom spear .
Divine Skill, [Ground Shrink]
Gu Qing Shan appeared at another path and kept heading up the top of the mountain .
On the way, he used [Ground Shrink] again .
An unbelievably long distance was covered in the blink of an eye .
He’ll arrive at the top of the mountain soon!
Seeing how fast and easily the enemy was approaching, the 7-colored spear seems to be surprised .
It releases 3 phantom spears in a row, firing them straight at Gu Qing Shan .
Even the weapons of Huang Quan didn’t receive such a treatment .
The 3 phantom spears followed one another, completely covering the remaining length of the mountain .
Gu Qing Shan’s inner sight locked onto the last phantom spear .
-------Divine Skill, [Shadow Shift]!
In an instant, he changed places with the last phantom spear .
Gu Qing Shan was now at the top of the mountain .
It’s now or never!
Gu Qing Shan’s body shifted and appeared near the 7-colored spear .
In that split second, intense light erupted from the 7-colored spear .
It wanted to release a few more phantom spears .
Gu Qing Shan was able to attack first!
A phantom sword slash appeared from the Six Paths Great Mountain sword .
The 7-colored spear hurriedly released a phantom spear to destroy the phantom sword .
The next instant .
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The second phantom spear .
The third phantom spear .
The fourth phantom spear .
The fifth phantom spear .
Numerous spears came striking at him .
At this most crucial moment, Gu Qing Shan didn’t even have time to activate a Divine Skill, only retracting the Six Paths Great Mountain sword to block in front of himself .
At the same time .
Across from Gu Qing Shan .
The 7-colored spear .
A phantom sword abruptly appeared from the other side of it .
Secret Art, [Swallow Returns]
[When the sword cultivator attacks with his sword, an exact same attack will appear at the back of the opponent]
Perfectly timed!
This phantom sword connected with the 7-colored spear .
It lightly scraped the surface of the spear .
Knocking the gold talisman away .
The 7-colored spear stopped for a single moment, obviously found that unexpected .
For that short moment, the spear did not release anymore phantom spears to attack Gu Qing Shan .
Gu Qing Shan held the Six Paths Great Mountain sword up to stop the first few phantom spears .
Clang!
A thunderous noise rang out across the sky .
The Six Paths Great Mountain sword had blocked the phantom spear!
This is the power of [Invincible]!
This sword is the hope of survival that Gu Qing Shan found .
Taking advantage of the force of the spear, Gu Qing Shan fell backwards .
The intense force pushed him flying like a comet towards the Forgetting River .
The Forgetting River split apart, welcoming him inside .
Without wasting a single moment, he headed straight for the entrance to hell .
With the Six Paths Great Mountain sword in hand, dodging constantly while flying backwards, Gu Qing Shan finally stopped at the entrance tunnel to hell .
Rolling down from the sky, he was breathing heavily .
The 7-colored spear is powerful enough to easily kill Divinities and Demon Lords, one small slip up and he would’ve died .
Despite how easy the battle just now seemed, every moment took all of Gu Qing Shan’s battle experience and expertise just to survive .
This was officially the most skillful battle he has ever been through!
Now that he’s able to calm down, Gu Qing Shan finally felt a sense of fatigue .
The weapons surrounded him .
------together with the 36 weapons that retreated before, the total amount of weapons have increased .
The blue-dress girl also appeared, wanting to ask .
What did that accomplished just now?
But before she could, the Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook became agitated .
“Quickly look!”
The Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook shouted .
“Everyone attach to me, something horrific is happening outside!”
The Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook’s voice seemed a bit frenzied .
The weapons all touched the Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook .
Gu Qing Shan also touched the Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook .
The scene of what’s happening outside appeared in their inner sights .
The top of the mountain .
Without the gold talisman to suppress the spear, the situation changed greatly .
When Gu Qing Shan left, the 7-colored spear completely ignored him .
Because it instantly released countless 7-colored phantom spears to rip the gold talisman to shreds .
But even that wasn’t enough, as tens of millions of phantom spears erupted from the 7-colored spear to thoroughly destroy even the space where the gold talisman fell for 5 breaths straight .
Oong!
Until when the gold talisman was so decimated there wasn’t any traces of it left that the 7-colored spear finally vibrated out of joy .
The next moment --------
Billions of colorful phantom spears shot out from the spear, covering the entirety of the world of Huang Quan .
“Huang Quan is done for” Shannu glared at Gu Qing Shan and said .
“Keep watching” Gu Qing Shan replied .
“Look now!” the Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook also urged them .
Shannu then infused her inner sight into the Forgetting River Soul Separating Hook again .
Originally, the demons have fully taken over the Grand Tie Wei Mountain, only staying away from where the 7-colored spear was .
But now that the gold talisman was gone, the power of the 7-colored spear was fully released without any limiters .
Where was nothing but colorful spear phantoms that filled the world .
Wherever the spears flew, all the demons there died .
Incapable of any resistances, millions, billions of demons were wiped out by the 7-colored spear they brought .
Blood flowed like rivers down the Grand Tie Wei Mountain, going into the Forgetting River .
Only a few particularly powerful Demon Lords could still cry as they ran for their lives .
But in Huang Quan, the only thing besides the Grand Tie Wei Mountain is the Forgetting River and hell .
Demon Lords are unable to enter hell .
Entering the Forgetting River is the same as dying .
The most powerful Demon Lords gathered to form a great barrier, wanting to stop the 7-colored spear .
But it was useless .
This type of resistance only invite even more phantom spears towards them .
Hundreds of thousands of phantom spears showered them like the rain .
They managed to hold on for a few fleeting breaths before the gigantic Demon Lords all fell down one by one .
As the most powerful Demon Lords of the army, they were supposed to head to conquer the human realm after Huang Quan is under their control .
But now, they were similar to ants that were wiped out on the spot indiscriminately by the 7-colored spear .
10 breaths .
In a mere 10 breaths, all the demons and Demon Lords in Huang Quan were no more .
“And done” Gu Qing Shan casually said .